Take this Quiz: AP Human Geography — cultural patterns and processes | Zestly

Question 1

In the fictional town of Oakhaven, the local council has preserved the original stone granaries from the nineteenth-century settlers while allowing modern glass-fronted offices to be built alongside them. Which concept best describes this layering of historical influences on the built environment?

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Sequent occupance

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Cultural relativism

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Acculturation

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Stimulus diffusion

Question 2

In the invented Zylos Valley an isolated community has long woven cloth from local plant fibres, in a style passed on within families. Mass-market retailers across the continent now sell versions of that style and it is worn everywhere. Which statement describes what has changed?

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The scale of the practice and the way it is transmitted have both changed, and those are what separate folk culture from popular culture

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The practice has become more sophisticated, since popular culture is a later and more developed stage than folk culture

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The community has been assimilated, since the majority now shares one of its practices

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The practice has stopped being cultural and become purely commercial

Question 3

An invented software company in the city of Aethelgard releases a new interface design. Competitors in distant cities soon see it and build their own versions, which keep the underlying way of organising the screen but look entirely different. Which type of diffusion is this?

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Stimulus diffusion

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Relocation diffusion

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Contagious diffusion

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Hierarchical diffusion

Question 4

If two invented languages, Vexian and Thaloric, are classified as belonging to the same language family, what does that classification tell you?

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That speakers of one can largely understand the other

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That the two share much of their grammar and vocabulary today

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That the two arose in the same part of the world

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That both descend from a single earlier language, whether or not they resemble each other now

Question 5

In the fictional archipelago of Marisol, a simplified language emerged to facilitate trade between diverse groups. Over several generations, this language became the primary tongue for children in the region, developing a complex grammar and vocabulary. What is this linguistic development called?

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Lingua franca

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Pidgin

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Creole

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Language branch